Dale start with win

IN their first game back from a trip to Marbella Rochdale kicked off pre-season with a 1-0 victory over Radcliffe Borough at Stainton Park. Dale boss Keith Hill started the game with trialist striker Dali Gomez, who took the only goal of the game midway through the first half after some neat link-up play with striker Adam Le Fondre. Kallum Higginbotham almost doubled Rochdale's lead five minutes after the break. Higginbotham was brought down in the Boro box but the resultant spot-kick was saved by veteran keeper Phil Priestley.